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Competition :: PLAYscapes

Registration Deadline: July 1, 2013
Submission Deadline: July 29, 2013
Entry Fee: £15 for students and £75 for professionalsThe PLAYscape competition seeks to find exciting design proposals to
transform neglected parts of cities into interactive landscapes,
encouraging public engagement, community involvement and sustainable
adaptive reuse. The competition challenges professional and student
architects, designers, engineers and artists to provide a design
solution which advocates creativity and promotes outside activity,
increasing socialization.Contestants should site their proposals in an abandoned or forgotten
urban site and develop PLAYscapes that create opportunity for
interaction and play for citizens of all ages. Building Trust
international will work alongside competition partners, local government
and community groups to seek funding and planning for the winning
design.

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